Is it possible to boot from a USB drive?

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Robert Oschler

Hello,

Is it possible to boot a Linux PC from a USB drive (flash or regular)?

If so, if you could point me to a web site or document that explains how to
do it, I'd appreciate that.

Thanks.
 
Depends on the machine, newer ones (less than ~2-3 years) usually has that
ability..

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It depends on and requires a current state of the art motherboard that
offers that specific feature.
 
Robert said:
Hello,

Is it possible to boot a Linux PC from a USB drive (flash or regular)?

If so, if you could point me to a web site or document that explains how to
do it, I'd appreciate that.

Thanks.
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USBstick is seen as a SCSI device by the board BIOS. Therefore, we can
boot FIRST from SCSI device in CMOS, if yours has that setting. Some of
my boards from 1996 do!

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6805529669.html


http://rz-obrian.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/knoppix-usb/

HTH
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USBstick is seen as a SCSI device by the board BIOS. Therefore, we can
boot FIRST from SCSI device in CMOS, if yours has that setting. Some of
my boards from 1996 do!
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6805529669.html
http://rz-obrian.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/knoppix-usb/
HTH Check out the Dome Home!
http:safeharbordome.com
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All my mobos do too (don't know the age, but every time I accidentally
leave a flash drive plugged in, the mobo tries to boot from it (but
finds no OS of course).
Tony (remove the "_" to reply by email)
 
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